Festival of Isis. Æ (17mm, 1.93 g, 5h). Mid-late 4th century AD. Rome mint. DEO SE-RAPIDI, radiate and draped bearded bust of Serapis right, wearing modius / VOTA P-VBLICA, Isis, holding sistrum in right hand, driving tensa drawn by two mules left. Bricault & Mondello 163, S46.5 = Tesorillo 18/1, 489 (this token); Alföldi, Festival 209 pl. V, 40 (same dies); Alföldi, Festival 207, pl. V, 39 (same dies, struck before obv. die re-engraved to turn Hermanubis into Serapis); Vagi 3371. Extremely rare.
Purchased from Steve Santore 27 September 2025. Ex Tiber Numismatics 10 (14 September 2025), lot 549 (part of); Morton & Eden 84 (2 December 2016), lot 477 (part of).
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